Return a string in a class

This seems like it would be easy to solve, but im not sure how to do it. I made a class called Person, and in it, I have a getName(). This is what it looks like:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

class Person{

          public:
                   std::string setName(std::string name1){
                                       name1 = name2;
                                       }
                   std::string getName(){
                               getline(std::string, name2);
                                }

         private:
                   std::string name2;
};

With the above code I get an error in the getName part. I figured it would be wrong when I was typing it, but I tried anyways. Im not sure how to write that part to where it works. Right now I get this error:

Code:

In member function `std::string Person::getName()':
error: expected primary-expression before ',' token

I have a good feeling the std::string part is whats wrong, but im not positive. Can anyone explain to me the correct way to write that part?

I'm guessing you were working to this or something like that:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <string>

class Person{
  public:
    std::string setName(std::string name1){
      name2 = name1;
      return name2;
    }
    std::string getName(){
      std::getline(std::cin, name2);
      return name2;
    }
  private:
    std::string name2;
};

Well, firstly in setname, you don't have to return anything, so change the return type to void. And also:

name1 = name2;

should be the opposite way around. name2 is the variable you want to set.

just say:

return name2;

inside getName.

Yes, type 'string' is not a stream, so you can't put it in the first parameter of getline(); Like Noir posted, you would return just like any other type.

Oh ok. Thanks for clearing that up for me. I got it now.

setName(std::string name1)

better pass parameter as const reference to avoid unneeded copying of the source string to the temp var during calling this function